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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by foobazgt on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:06AM (#41608886)
Model 3's didn't exist in 2012. Did you mean something else? I've driven an M3P for 5 years, and I wouldn't call it sterile.

I haven't been cross shopping it with vehicles that cost 3x as much and get only 15% of the mileage, so maybe I'm missing something? But weighing 10% more and taking 20% longer to reach 60 doesn't seem particularly compelling.

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by mistercheph on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:32AM (#41609010)
If it's the only car you've driven for five years of course it doesn't feel sterile, it's a wonderful car, and nothing against it, but it is not a fun car / "enthusiast" car insofar as enthusiast refers to the thin slice of all automotive enthusiasts that are primarily interested in handling that is dynamic and communicative
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by foobazgt on Monday September 23, 2024 @12:33PM (#41627884)
> If it's the only car you've driven for five years of course it doesn't feel sterile...

I don't understand what you're trying to say here, but clearly we disagree. To each their own.

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